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9 unusual facts about Sufjan Stevens


Alanson, Michigan

Both the town and the Crooked River are mentioned in a song title on the Sufjan Stevens album, Michigan.

Carlyle Lake

The lake is the subject of Sufjan Stevens' song, Carlyle Lake on The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album.

Casimir Pulaski Day

Michigan-born songwriter Sufjan Stevens titled a song "Casimir Pulaski Day" on his album Illinois.

Forum Theatre

Today, it is used for concerts by many artists, having hosted performances by Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Katy Perry, Cat Power, The Grates, Dirty Three, Sufjan Stevens, Blind Guardian & The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among others.

In Mike We Trust

The novel contains a number of references to non-fiction people, things, and places, like the singer Sufjan Stevens, the films Beautiful Thing and Chinatown, the cartoon characters Scooby-Doo and Superman, and to places in and around Richmond, Virginia.

Mississippi Palisades State Park

Indie music artist Sufjan Stevens made reference to the Palisades in his song The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! on his 2005 concept album Illinois.

Petoskey, Michigan

Petoskey is the birthplace of information theorist Claude Shannon and Civil War historian Bruce Catton and is the boyhood home of singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens.

Robert Wadlow

In 2005 Sufjan Stevens recorded "The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders" about Wadlow for the Illinois album.

Sangamon River

The river was mentioned in Sufjan Stevens's song "Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!".


A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Musician Sufjan Stevens wrote a song titled "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" on his album Seven Swans; it is told from the viewpoint of the Misfit even though he is not the focus of the story.

Dream Brother

The title was also used for a biography based around the lives of both Jeff and Tim Buckley written posthumously by journalist David Browne, as well as an album featuring covers of some of their most famous by several artists including The Magic Numbers and Sufjan Stevens.


see also

Shannon Stephens

Several of her old band members including Paul Mumaw (Rockstar Crush), Jason Harrod, Kenny Hutson (Vigilantes of Love) and Sufjan Stevens of her former band Marzuki show up on her self-titled release.

Son Lux

Beak & Claw (Anticon, 2012) (with Serengeti & Sufjan Stevens, as S / S / S)

Sufjan Stevens discography

"Afraid of Everyone" and "England" from High Violet by The National (Beggars Banquet Records, May 11, 2010) (Sufjan Stevens — piano, vocals)